Improved device for tilting pitchers, coffee-pots



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AN. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. DIC.

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Letters Patent No. 98,245, lated December 28, 1869; antedated December 1l, 1869.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR TILTING- PITCHERS, GOFFEE-POTS, 8m.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patont.and making part of the same.

To all whom. it may concern: v

Be it known that JI, J ORN GIBSON, Jr., of the city and county of Albany, and State of-N ew York, have invented certain new and usel'ul Imprm'ements in the Method of Supporting, Securing, and Tilting Pitchers, Coffee-Pots, and similar-constructed vessels, whereby the said vessels may be emptied ot' their contents with greater ease and facility, and whereby, also, the usual drip or sweat tiom such vessels may be caught; and

.Ido hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,

' with the suspended rest or basket t'or holding the vessel and retaining the drip-pan or water-tight basel ot' the stand.

Figure 4 is a vertical view of pitcl1erholder or basket, in tig. 2, showing several devices for holding a .vessel in place, while being operated or tilted.

Figure 5 is a cross-section, showing another device for ci'ecting the same purpose.

O ne part of my invention consists in suspending a pitcher, coffee-pot, or other similar vessel, in such a way that it may be readily tilted, to pour out its contents without lit'ting the said vessel.- This, I do, by providing for said pitcher or similar vessel, a suitable rest or basket, to or iu -which the said vessel may be placed or fastened.

The said rest; or basket has attached, on opposite sides,swinging bars or arms, (made plain or ornamentah) which arms reach above the point of centre ot' gravity in the vessel to be suspended, and are pivoted to a pair of gallows or supports, rising erect from a stand below, which stand supports the whole.

My invention furth'er consists, in providing the base of the supportingitand willi a water-tight pan or receptacle, (made either fast or detachable,) and ot' any desired size, shape, or pattern, that will catch and retain the drip or sweat that may fall from the vessel suspended, thus obviating the necessity for a separate salver or mat, now generally used for that purpose.

Another part of my invention consists in securing the vessel to be tilted in the suspended basket, 'or on its equivalent, by 'means of' set-screws, springs, catches, or other device, by which means the said basket orits equivalent, becomes ixed and rigid with the suspended vessel,v and thus making the pivots'at the upper end of the swinging arms in eiect the same as it'` the said pivots Ior trunnions were made with, or a part of the said Vessel.

To enable others skilled in the art tomake and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it in reference to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.' Y

Inth'e old way to tilta pitcher or similar vessel, to pour off its contents,a person grasps the handle, and by main strength ofthe Vhand and arm,lii`ts, holds, and tilts the top ot' thevessel forward, until the water-line within rises above th'e'spout, which operation requires great e'ort, especially with a vessel of large capacity. Whereas, in .my invention, I suspend andhold the vessel to be tilted, by a suitable device, such as a basket, B, figs. 1 and 2, or` any similar or equivalent device, suspended by swing bars or arms, l) b, from pivots c c, placed at a point, which point, when the ves-` sel C is placed in the basket B, or on a rest, B', or their equivalents, will be above the point of the centre ot' gravity ot' the vessel so suspended.

I also provide a suitable stand, A, provided with a. pair of gallows orvstandards, a a, which extend upward to a height at least equal to the point from which the swing arms b b are suspended.

It' the vessel is constructed with trnnuions c', iig. 3, then the basket or its equivalent, and the swing-arms b b, may be dispensed with,`and a stand, A, with gallows c a, alone will be needed. Or, the trunnions c' c' may be dispensed with ou the vessel, and may be made with or on the gallows a a., and suitable bearings or recesses may be made 011 the sides of the vessel. 'lhe stand with its gallows, and the basket or rest with its swing-arms, may be made of metal .or any other suitable material, and of such a form, and with such ornamentation, as taste or fancy may dictate.

The stand A is provided with a water-tight bottom, g, figs. 1, 2, 3, constructed to catch and hold the drip or sweat from the suspended vessel, or a detachable drip-pan may fitted to and used with said stand, for

the lsame purpose.

W'he'n a basket or rest is used to support the vessel, the said vessel may be secured to or ill the said rest or basket, by means ot' set-screws S, tig. 4, or padded setscrews S', or a spring, e, tightened by the impingement of a screw, S, or by any other equivalent devices.

Or,'if the basev of the vesselC is provided with a flange, n., (as shownin iig, 5,) made on eitherhthe inner or outer peciphery ofthe 'said base, the said vessel may, by the mea'iisof the said flange n, be securely held in position/by the aid of dogs V, moving in guide-slots O O, made iu the bottom of the said basket B or rest B', said dogs being fastened by bolts, screws,

.hold a pitcher or other vessel safely, without the aid of any device to clasp or fasten saidvessel at the base or rear.

In using my invention, when the vessel is suspended from the gallows or supports a a, either bythe swingarmsof the basket B or rest B', or by the trunnions c'tl1e person operating the vessel, to pour out its contents, lifts upward on the handle. H, as in tig. 1, which liiting cans-cs the bottom ot' the said vessel to swing back and upward, and causes the liquid to tlow from the spout or pruning-lip of the vessel as itis depressed, (as shown in tig. 1,) and the drip, it' any, will fall into and be caught by the water-tight base g of the stand A, as also would he the sweat or condensation of moisture which usually attends vessels containing cold liquids.

Having described my invention, I do not claim suspending pitchers, eoti'ee-pots, or similar vessels, from a point above the centre of gravity, as that may have been done; but it is to be understood,that one part of my invention consists in suspending and swinging a. pitcher, or any similar vessel, having a handle H ou the side opposite from the 'spout or pouring-lip, and gallows or supports a, a attached to the stand A, whereby the said vessel is so suspended, as will euable the ope jator, by means of the handle H,(w'hi eh handle may be on the vessel or on' the basket,) to tilt the spout of the vessel downward, as in tig. 1.

What l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. The swinging basket B or swinging rest B', for holding or supporting the vessel C, substantially as described, and working in combination with the pivots c, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

2. ln combination with a stand, A, for supporting and tilting a pitcher or other vessel, a water-tight base or receptacle, g, made wit-h the saidY stand A, or titted` to and made detachable thereti'om,.for the purpose substantially as set forth and described.

3. The stand A, (either with or without'the water tight base or receptacle g,)` provided with the gallows or supports a a, in combination with the swinging basket B, or swinging rest B', substantially as and for purposes set forth and described.

4. In combination with the swinging basket B, the screw Sor S', or spring e and screw S, or their equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose setv forth and described.

5. 'lhestop o' or its equivalent, in. combination with the stand A or supporting standards a, or suspendingV arms b, or basket B,Yor base B', as and for the' purpose specified.

JOHN GIBSON, Jn.

Witnesses A. L. GIBsoN, T. P. J ONES. 

